Author: BLUNDELL, MARY WHITLOCK
Title: Helping Friends and Harming Enemies a Study in Sophocles and Greek Ethics
Description: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Softcover. ISBN: 0521423902. Creasing to spine. Light edgewear to spine ends and 1 corner. Front upper corner bumped with creasing through pages. ; This book is the first detailed study of the plays of Sophocles through examination of a single ethical principle--the traditional Greek popular moral code of "helping friends and harming enemies." Five of the extant plays are discussed in detail from both a dramatic and an ethical standpoint, and the author concludes that ethical themes are not only integral to each drama, but are subjected to an implicit critique through the tragic consequences to which they give rise. Greek scholars and students of Greek drama and Greek thought will welcome this book, which is presented in such a way as to be accessible to specialists and nonspecialists alike. No knowledge of Greek is required. ; 312 pages. Very Good .

Keywords: 0521423902 Ethics Social & Cultural Sophocles Plays & Drama Theater & Theatre Greek Literature


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